• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.

practicing the presence of god

  1. bèlla

    Contemplative Christians

    I would like to see a separate faith group for Contemplative Christians. Threads appear on various forums, but we lack a space to discuss our practices and offer support for one another. For those unfamiliar with the subject, Contemplative Christianity is: "Grounded in specific spiritual...
  2. Greg Merrill

    Practicing the Presence of God

    Anyone ever hear of the book "The Practice of the Presence of God"? It is about a man called "Brother Lawrence" who became a Lay brother among the barefooted Carmelites at Paris in 1666. Ever experience boredom? Ever have a boring chore to have to do? Ever have to do something tedious that...